Defold game engine source now available and free to use for commercial games

Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by britzl on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @06:50AM (#23233442)

The question if Defold will be open sourced is one of the most common questions asked since Defold was launched in 2016.

By open sourcing Defold and handing it to the Defold Foundation we build trust with the community. It guarantees that Defold will be around regardless of what happens with King. And by handing over Defold to the Defold Foundation we believe it gives a lot of credibility to Defold as a strong and independent open source game engine.

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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by detaro on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @06:57AM (#23233487)

I really do appreciate you making it available under such generous terms, but I fear you are wasting a lot of that credibility by calling it "open source" when it's not under an OSI-compliant license. This is something people feel very strongly about.

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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by britzl on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @10:31AM (#23235266)

Thank you for the feedback. It was never our intention to step on any toes or misrepresent Defold. Please see this statement: https://twitter.com/defold/status/1262744466311360517

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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by Intermernet on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @07:07AM (#23233534)

Please, I implore you, don't claim it to be open source. Call it "a very permissive licence", or "source available", but don't claim to be open source unless you actually are.

I love the release, I appreciate the time and effort, and I'm sure you have the best intentions, but the term "open source" has a very well defined meaning for very well defined reasons, and those reasons are hugely important to the last few decades of technological development. Please don't break the definition, even if you have the best of intentions!

Once again, thanks and congratulations on the release!

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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by britzl on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @10:31AM (#23235268)

Thank you for the feedback. It was never our intention to step on any toes or misrepresent Defold. Please see this statement: https://twitter.com/defold/status/1262744466311360517

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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by Intermernet on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @04:12PM (#23239576)

Thank you!

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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by dwheeler on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @07:54AM (#23233832)

This fraud is successfully building animus in the community. It is,by definition, not open source. An open source license MUST allow any use, including commercial use.

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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by britzl on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @10:31AM (#23235272)

Thank you for the feedback. It was never our intention to step on any toes or misrepresent Defold. Please see this statement: https://twitter.com/defold/status/1262744466311360517

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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by dwheeler on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @11:39PM (#23243064)

I'm glad that for the twitter statement. The website is still misleading, though; I hope that will be corrected soon. I wish you the best!

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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by britzl on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @08:30AM (#23246096)

It has been corrected now. https://defold.com/2020/05/20/Some-thoughts-on-the-open-sour...

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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by exikyut on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @08:58AM (#23234342)

I might be missing something, but:

> The license grants you the following permissions:

> - You are free to commercialise any software created using Defold

- https://defold.com/license/

Edit (after reading other comments): Ohh, derivative works of the Editor itself cannot be commercialized. Hmm.

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